Tanah yang Hilang is part of a photo book series, PORTFOLIO, which aims to highlight the works of Indonesian photographers. The purpose of this project is to promote their work both at home and abroad.

Born in Surabaya in 1975, young Mamuk loved looking at pictures in magazines until one day he began to develop a desire for taking pictures exactly as he had seen in the magazines.His love of photography grew when Mamuk studied journalism at the Communications Academy – Surabaya Reporters Alumnus (Stikosa AWS). He then joined Suara Indonesia (which later changed its name to Radar Surabaya) when he entered his senior year in 1998.

After spending five years at the newspaper, Mamuk continued his journey at an arts and culture magazine, Mossaik, at the end of 2002. Visual policy at the magazine, published by Suara Surabaya Media, helped launch Mamuk’s career as a feature photographer. It was there that he began taking feature shots and discovered a large enough space to explore his skills.

In 2007, after another five-year period had goen by, Mamuk received a scholarship to join Advanced Photojournalism Course, held by PannaFoto Institute and World Press Photo in Jakarta.

Mamuk continued his community project aimed for those interested in photojournalism called Matanesia, which he founded in 2006. Today, Mamuk is committed to managing the community in the midst of his photography assignments and teaching others how to become better photographers.

This photo book, Tanah yang Hilang, is one of his personal projects which will continue to be worked on indefinitely.